cluck
To make low clicking soundsTo make low clicking sounds (refers to hens).
» The hens were clucking all day long.
Die Hühner gluckten den ganzen Tag lang.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens).
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
(transitive)To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.
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To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
(UK)To suffer withdrawal from heroin.
Examples
18 sentencesThe hens were clucking all day long.
deDie Hühner gluckten den ganzen Tag lang.
Tom made a clucking sound with his tongue.
The hypnotist made Mary cluck like a chicken.
The hypnotist made Tom cluck like a chicken.
Our neighbour keeps chickens, but they don't cluck much.
deUnser Nachbar hält Hühner, aber sie gackern nicht oft.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”)From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin.
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Forms
clucks, clucking, clucked, cluckedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle